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Pastor Roger's Page
From the F.R.O.G.
(FROG in the vernacular of the North Carolina domestic residence [i.e. home] dictionary is a Furnished Room Over Garage. It is the perfect size for an office or den. In this case, it is my office, where my books and computers are kept.)
AND NOW I HUMBLY PRESENT:
FROG: Foolish Reflections On God
Melting Pot of Thoughts
I still love my town newspaper. It gives me many ideas to contemplate. Here are several I have been thinking about for some time.
We have a new restaurant in town - Chick-Fil-A. That is big news here in Pasquotank county. We are blessed with a plethora of fast food establishments and are the envy of the surrounding counties. When a new one opens up it is considered big news. This one was so welcomed in our community that for the first two months I didn't even stop because there were lines of cars going out into the street. Now if we could only figure out why our population is so overweight! One slogan comes to mind - Feed them and they will come. Perhaps I need to open up a fast food counter in the Fellowship Room. At least the congregation would get some publicity!
The headline the other day in the paper was - INTERNET CAFES HURTING BINGO! I don't know why this made me laugh but it did. Perhaps it was because this is the first time I ever heard that one vice was competing with another vice and one was losing. In Los Vegas they put up new casinos all the time and there are plenty of people willing to gamble so that all of them can stay in business. This is the first time that one gambling establishment caused the other one to fold. I like that. Maybe someday there will be too many bars and some will have to close. My real hope is that some day the Christian church will be so competitive that all establishments that rely on gambling, drinking or other vices will close due to lack of customers.
We have a new 4-way stop in southern Pasquotank County. It is less than a mile from where I live. It is the only 4-way stop in the whole southern half of the county. People don't know what to do with it. It is funny watching drivers learn a new system. I have sat at the stop for several minutes while the drivers in front of me decide who goes first. I just point it out as a curious account of human nature. We are creatures of habit and when you throw us something new, it takes us a long time to relearn.
Our city council is having a food fight. I really like our city counsel for they are very entertaining. (sadly!) As reported in our paper, there was an employee appreciation lunch for city employees given by the council. At the end of the lunch there was some food left over. So one of the counsel members took it to the soup kitchen. Unfortunately, not everyone could be there at the same time and some were expecting their lunch later on in the afternoon. Only now the food was all gone. This is news! The council member reimbursed the city for $50.00 and now, I hope, everyone is happy. I wish people would get that upset when they see a neighbor without any food. Seems to me some of our city employees could go without lunch and it would not harm them. I have an idea - skip one lunch a day and give the money you saved to a charity!
Grace and Peace from FROG country,
Pastor Roger
To read last week's sermon, Transfiguration - The Glory and the Cross, just click: Message.
Ash Wednesday message, Create in me a Clean Heart, just click: Ash Wednesday.
Other web sites of interest:
North Carolina Annual Conference: www.nccumc.org.
Elizabeth City District: www.elizabethcitydistrictumc.org.
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